Sometimes the materials that are used to make the quilt tell a story – using favorite t-shirts, ties, even jewelry or toys! Sometimes instead of a design, the quilt looks like a picture – sometimes it really is a picture printed on the fabric, sometimes it’s painted on, and sometimes the fabric is cut into pieces that make a picture. Sometimes the story is in the pattern that the fabric makes when it is all sewn together – the design can mean friendship or wedding rings or log cabins. Quilts have a long history of telling stories. Originally written by Faith Ringgold for her story quilt of the same name, Tar Beach is a seamless weaving of fiction, autobiography, and African-American history and literature. Cover excerpt, Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold, Crown Publishers, New York 1991.Sophie and Sadie are looking at a story quilt that is a bit like Faith Ringgold’s story quilt (and book) called Tar Beach. Faith Ringgold is an artist who paints pictures onto the fabric – and sometimes she also writes the story on the quilt to make sure everyone understands what she wants to say! What do you think this quilt is trying to say?
This magical story resonates with a universal wish. The next thing you know, you’re flying above the stars.”
“All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. I recommend using thicker paper or cardstock on the bypass tray for this project. Included is an 8.5x11 version as well as an 11x17 version (which many standard copiers can print). Click on the link to receive the free high resolution download at TPT. She claims the buildings as her own–even the union building, so her father won’t have to worry anymore about not being allowed to join just because his father was not a member. Here is the template we used for the quilts. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city. One night, up on “tar beach” –the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building–her dream comes true. Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. She is telling him a story of a young girl named Cassie Louise Lightfoot, Ringgolds alter ego, who has been given.
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